This Week In NC Politics: Veto Override, Judicial Changes, And The Opioid Crisis

WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii talks with Becki Gray, of the John Locke Foundation, and Rob Schofield, of NC Policy Watch, about the week's news.

Jeff Tiberii
/ WUNC

Originally published on October 20, 2017 1:22 pm

This week in North Carolina politics, state lawmakers voted to override another executive veto. Hours later, they introduced a proposal to amend the North Carolina Constitution. And changes to the judiciary are key to both plans that garnered attention at the General Assembly this week.

Rob Schofield of NC Policy Watch and Becki Gray, of the conservative John Locke foundation, discuss judicial changes, how to further address the opioid crisis, and if another chapter in the House Bill 2 saga, is potentially on the horizon.

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WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii talks with Becki Gray, of the John Locke Foundation, and Rob Schofield, of NC Policy Watch, about the week's political news.

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